Police would not elaborate on the charge, except to say the 19-year-old was released on $500 bail and is due in court Sept. 10.

Bick, the owner of the live music venue Tuxedo Junction on Ives Street, is a Danbury High School graduate who made headlines in December when he announced plans to open a second Ives Street nightclub called Skyy Bar.

Reached at his home Tuesday, Bick said the arrest was part of a pattern of police retaliation stemming from an underage drinking raid at his club earlier this summer.

Bick said he did not know what the criminal mischief charge was about.